The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Overview
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $50,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $294,200,000.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 22.7476 |
Directed By
Hayao Miyazaki
Crew
Toshiyuki Inoue
Hideki Hamasu
Ai Takashi
Yoshimi Itazu
Kiyofumi Nakajima
Atsuko Fukushima
Atsuko Otani
Atsuko Tanaka
Eiji Yamamori
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Susumu Mitsunaka
Takayuki Hamada
Takeshi Inamura
Yuuga Tokuno
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Goro Miyazaki
Yumi Handa
Koji Kasamatsu
Mika Yamaguchi
Takeshi Seyama
Akane Shiraishi
Rie Matsubara
Koji Kasamatsu
Junji Yabuta
Fumiko Numahata
Kanako Takayanagi
Noboru Yoshida
Kazuo Oga
Yoichi Nishikawa
Yumi Ishii
Minori Takayama
Yui Onodera
Kosuke Hayashi
Ai Omori
Ayahi Shimomura
Saki Kurobe
Nanako Yagi
Shintarou Nakazawa
Chihiro Okada
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Koji Hoshino
Yoji Takeshige
Noboru Yoshida
Takeshi Honda
Atsushi Okui
Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki
Takeshi Honda
Kenshi Yonezu
Akihiko Yamashita
Shinji Otsuka
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Ei Inoue
Michiyo Suzuki
Yoshimichi Kameda
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Shinya Ohira
Masashi Ando
Megumi Kagawa
Katsuya Kondo
Kitaro Kosaka
Joe Hisaishi
Eriko Kimura
Shuuji Suzuki
Yasutomo Yamada
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
Takuya Ohno
Yuji Tange
Joe Hisaishi
Tamaki Kojo
Hideki Fukaya
Yumiko Mihara
Ayako Yasuda
TOP CAST
Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki (voice)
Masaki Suda
Gray Heron (voice)
Ko Shibasaki
Kiriko (voice)
Aimyon
Lady Himi (voice)
Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko (voice)
Takuya Kimura
Shoichi Maki (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Izumi (voice)
Jun Fubuki
Utako (voice)
Sawako Agawa
Eriko (voice)
Karen Takizawa
Warawara (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake
Aiko (voice)
Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
Noble Pelican (voice)
Shōhei Hino
Granduncle (voice)
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